Pier Niccolò Berardi (3 October 1904 – 2 January 1989) was an Italian architect.

Life and career

Berardi, from a family of entrepreneurs in the wood and steel industry in

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, graduated in architecture in

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in 1928. He collaborated with the ''Gruppo Toscano'' led by

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, winning the competition for the new Florence Santa Maria Novella station. In 1936, he exhibited photographs of Tuscan houses at the

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, highlighting his interest for rural architecture. During the 1930s and 1940s, he worked on projects for the

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and for the renovation of diplomatic residences in Europe, including

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and

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. After the war, he mainly focused on private residential construction, collaborating with Studio San Giorgio and designing houses, villas, and structures such as clubhouses for golf courses and museums. In 1964, he built the church of San Bernardino in

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, his only religious work. In 1966, he left the studio to dedicate himself to painting, but later resumed designing villas and furnishings, favoring an architecture integrated with the natural environment, with works between 1967 and 1986 including Villa Nasi in

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, Villa Pellicciotti in

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, Villa Settepassi in

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, and renovations of villas in various Tuscan locations.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Berardi, Pier Niccolò 20th-century Italian architects Architects from Florence 1904 births 1989 deaths University of Florence alumni